Buster Poindexter (album)
1987 album by David Johansen
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Buster Poindexter is a self-titled album released by RCA Records in 1987 by Buster Poindexter, the alter ego of New York Dolls frontman David Johansen.
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| Released | July 7, 1987 | |||
| Length | 40:19 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Hank Medress | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Rolling Stone | (positive) link[dead link] |
| The Village Voice | B+ link |
Johansen re-recorded the track "Heart of Gold" as Buster Poindexter, which originally appeared on Johansen's 1981 solo album Here Comes the Night.[1] The song "Hot Hot Hot" was a Billboard single and received heavy play on MTV.
Development of the Buster Poindexter character
Around 1982,[2] Johansen began performing under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter in a small club in his neighborhood.[3] He adopted the pseudonym to avoid fans of his music from coming to the shows and asking for his music. The shows grew in popularity, and gradually the original three-piece band with which he performed grew in size to the Banshees of Blue, accompanied by The Uptown Horns.[4] They achieved moderate commercial success, performing jump blues, traditional pop, swing, and novelty songs.[5] Shortly before the album's release, Buster began appearing as part of the house band on the television program Saturday Night Live.[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Smack Dab in the Middle" | Charles E. Calhoun | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Bad Boy" | Avon Long, Lil Hardin Armstrong | 3:07 |
| 3. | "Hot Hot Hot" | Alphonsus Cassell | 4:07 |
| 4. | "Are You Lonely for Me, Baby?" | Bert Berns | 3:38 |
| 5. | "Screwy Music" | Fred Rose | 3:17 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Good Morning Judge" | Louie Innis | 3:37 |
| 7. | "Oh Me, Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" | Jim Doris | 3:52 |
| 8. | "Whadaya Want?" | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 2:44 |
| 9. | "House of the Rising Sun" | Traditional | 3:40 |
| 10. | "Cannibal" | David Johansen, Joe Delia | 4:45 |
| 11. | "Heart of Gold" | Johansen | 4:40 |
| Total length: | 40:19 | ||
Personnel
- Buster Poindexter and His Banshees of Blue
- Buster Poindexter - vocals
- Patti Scialfa - backing vocals
- Crispin Cioe - alto and baritone saxophone
- Joe Delia - organ, piano, horn arrangements
- Bob Funk - trombone
- Tony "Antoine Fats" Garnier - bass
- Carl Hall - backing vocals
- Arno Hecht - tenor saxophone
- "Hollywood" Paul Litteral - trumpet
- Brian Koonin - guitar, banjo, mandolin
- Lisa Lowell - backing vocals
- Tony Machine - drums (third drummer New York Dolls: 1975–1976)
- Soozie Tyrell - violin, backing vocals
- Louise Bethune - backing vocals
- Fred Wolcott - percussion
- Larry Poindexter - accordion
- Technical
- John Sheard - associate producer, Synclavier and string arrangements
- Bill Scheniman - engineer, mixing
- Ria Lewerke - art direction
- Ken Nahoum - photography